Wonder

Canon EOS 350D, f22, 1/2.5 sec

"Then came the prophet Elijah like a fire, his words a burning torch.

"He brought a famine on the people and in his zealous love had them reduced in number.

"Speaking in the name of the Lord he closed the heavens, and on three occasions called down fire.

"How marvelous you were, Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Who could ever boast of being your equal? By the word of the Most High you brought a dead man back to life; you brought kings to destruction and thrust famous men from their beds.

"You heard a rebuke at Sinai and sentences of punishment at Horeb; you anointed kings to be avengers and prophets to succeed you.

"You were taken up by whirlwind of flames in a chariot drawn by fiery horses.

"It was written that you should be the one to calm God's anger in the future before it broke out in fury, to turn the hearts of fathers to their sons and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

"Happy are those who will see you and those who die in love, for we too shall live.

"Such was Elijah, taken up in a whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit.

"During his life no leader could shake him, no one dominated him. Nothing was too difficult for him and even in death his body prophesied. In life he worked wonders, in death his deeds were amazing."

SIRACH 48:1-14

"Father, teach me to give of myself for Your glory."

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